• The relationship between increased GPR expression in

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  The relationship between increased GPR120 expression in the EDL skeletal muscle and systemic glucose control is yet to be investigated. However, if the increased expression of GPR120 correlates with enhanced insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in skeletal muscle, particularly the EDL muscle, this migh

• Nourseothricin sulfate br Methods br Results br Discussion L

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  Methods Results Discussion LPD, in terms of insufficient secretion of progesterone by the CL, reflected by low serum progesterone levels can occur in IVF attempts using any kind of ovarian stimulation protocol (Fatemi et al., 2007, Garcia et al., 1981, Van der Linden et al., 2011). However,

• Due to the high structural similarity between GlxI

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  Due to the high structural similarity between GlxI and FosA, it is possible that GlxI directed evolution experiments could produce FosA enzymatic activity in a GlxI enzyme. Although the current investigation was unable to detect FosA activity by mutation of a key metal liganding residue in the activ

• br Materials and methods br Results br Discussion

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  Materials and methods Results Discussion Since 1990s, solving structures for most DNA glycosylases by X-ray crystallography significantly advanced mechanistic understanding of the catalytic activity and substrate specificity of this important class of DNA repair enzymes. However, static str

• br Experimental Procedures br Acknowledgments This work was

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  Experimental Procedures Acknowledgments This work was supported by NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) R00 HG006922 and NIH/NHGRI R01 HG008974 (to J.G.), the Huntsman Cancer Institute, and the Women’s Cancers Disease-Oriented Team at the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Research rep

• br The GLI code The GLI code

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  The GLI code The GLI code model [21], [22] considers the total GLI function as a balance of positive activator (GLIA) and negative repressive (GLIR) activities with GLI1 being mostly a positive transcription factor and GLI3 mostly a transcriptional repressor. The GLIA:GLIR ratio is thus critical,

• br Preclinical development of GIP agonists Since the

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  Preclinical development of GIP agonists Since the action of DPP IV is not limited to GIP, the most specific pharmacological approach for GIP would be modification at the N-terminus to disrupt DPP IV-mediated degradation. Indeed, it has been shown that GIP analogues with N-terminal modifications a

• Neither GIP nor GIPR SNPs were associated with occurrence

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  Neither GIP nor GIPR SNPs were associated with occurrence of fractures in the OPRA cohort (Table 4). Discussion The basis for this study lies in the role of glucose-insulinotropic peptide (GIP) hormone in the regulation of insulin secretion as well as its anabolic effect on osteoblasts and inhib

• Our initial lead optimization started with the modification

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  Our initial lead optimization started with the modification of the indole head group as summarized in . Extensive exploration indicated that there was limited tolerance of structural change in this region of the molecule. All of the modifications to the indole moiety, including N-substitution (), li

• Newt GHS R a proteins expressed in a

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  Newt GHS-R1a proteins expressed in a mammalian cell were able to bind homologous newt ghrelin, heterologous rat and bullfrog ghrelin, and a peptidyl GHS-R1a agonist, GHSRP-6, with inducing intracellular Ca signaling. This indicates that the identified cDNA encodes the ghrelin receptor from a view of

• GHSR A s have high levels of constitutive activity

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  GHSR-1A's have high levels of constitutive activity and recent investigations show that constitutively active GHSR-1As in the absence of ligand (ghrelin) binding can have effects on feeding and energy balance (Mear et al., 2013, Petersen et al., 2009). Furthermore, GHSR-1As are capable of dimerizing

• br Conflicts of interests br Acknowledgements We

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  Conflicts of interests Acknowledgements We thank Drs. T. Tomita and T. Iwatsubo (Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan) for anti-presenilin 1-CTF antiserum, Dr. A. Takashima (Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan) for anti-Pen-2 antiserum and the laboratory members for helpful comments and discussion. M

• In an RNAi screen to interrogate the function of

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  In an RNAi screen to interrogate the function of transmembrane proteins in ISCs/EBs, we identified the SJ protein tetraspanin 2A (Tsp2A) as a tumor suppressor. Further characterization reveals that Tsp2A expression initiates in ISCs and Tsp2A protein assembles at the SJs in the progenitor MS023 that

• Kinases belonging to the Thousand and

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  Kinases belonging to the Thousand and one (Tao) family are conserved throughout evolution. Three Tao proteins are encoded in the human genome (TAO1, TAO2, and TAO3), while D. melanogaster possesses a single ancestral Tao kinase (Tao-1). Like Hpo and GckIII, Tao kinases belong to the Sterile 20-like

• While the specific set of challenges associated with deorpha

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  While the specific set of challenges associated with deorphanization and transforming each poorly characterized GPCR into a useful drug target will be unique, much can be learned by considering how these issues have been addressed for other receptors. One group of poorly characterized GPCRs that hav

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